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Trump’s Victory and More
By Dr KhalidSiddiqui
Ohio

The re-election of Donald J. Trump as the president of the USA made me look at various stats:

 

* The presidents who ran for presidency in four consecutive elections:

1. John Adams: 1788 (L); 1792 (L); 1796 (W); 1800 (L)

2. Thomas Jefferson: 1792 (L); 1796 (L); 1800 (W); 1804 (W)

3. Franklin D. Roosevelt: 1932 (W); 1936 (W); 1940 (W); 1944 (W)

 

* The presidents who ran for presidency in three consecutive elections:

1. John Quincy Adams: 1820 (L); 1824 (W); 1828 (L)

2. Andrew Jackson: 1824 (L); 1828 (W); 1832 (W)

3. Grover Cleveland: 1884 (W); 1888 (L); 1892 (W)

4. Ronald W. Reagan: 1976 (L); 1980 (W); 1984 (W)

Note: In 1976, Gerald R. Ford was the Republican candidate but Reagan got one electoral vote from a ‘Faithless Elector’. That made Reagan, technically, a candidate for presidency.  

5. Donald J. Trump: 2016 (W); 2020 (L); 2024 (W)

 

* The president who ran for presidency in three non-consecutive elections:

  Richard M. Nixon: 1960 (L); 1968 (W); 1972 (W)

 

* The candidates who ran for presidency in four elections without winning:

1. George Clinton: 1788 (L); 1792 (L); 1796(L); 1808 (L)

2. Ralph Nader: 1996 (L); 2000 (L); 2004 (L); 2008 (L)

Note: There may be more unknown candidates.

 

* The US Presidents who served two non-consecutive terms:

1. Grover Cleveland: 1884 (W); 1888 (L); 1892 (W)

2.  Donald J. Trump: 2016 (W); 2020 (L); 2024 (W)